Thursday, June 6, 2019

The Positive Energy Theorem

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Recorded: 12/9/2017 Released: 6/6/2019

Randy introduces a theory that purports to allow negative mass to Jim. It has been thought for quite a long time that negative mass was incompatible with general relativity, because it is possible to show that negative mass solutions are impossible. However Paranjape and his students noticed the proofs of this all relied on a flat background (zero cosmological constant). When trying to extend the theorems to a space with a negative cosmological constant, they found instead that negative mass is not prohibited.
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Notes:

1. The papers we read for this program:

2. Additional related paper for the positive energy theorem.:
3. Related Episodes of Physics Frontiers:



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